6 scenarios that prove consent doesn’t have to be complicated

Consent isn’t complicated. But when it comes to sexual consent, some people suggest that it is—and they make some pretty ludicrous arguments. If understanding consent were truly so difficult, here’s what our everyday lives would look like.

1. You would never do this while someone was unconscious, no matter what they said or did when they were awake.

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Alli Kirkham is a blogger, cartoonist, and intersectional feminist. She is passionate about affirmative consent, sexual autonomy, and the destruction of gender roles, and through her cartoons is an advocate for chronically ill and mentally ill communities. Alli’s BA in English literature is from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.